The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 10. köideA. et C. Black, 1879 - 856 pages |
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... various incidents in the the Temple up to the Nativity . In the subject of the Pre- sentation of the Virgin in the Temple are the two heads traditionally accepted as portraits of Gaddo Gaddi and Andrea Tafi ; they cannot , at any rate ...
... various incidents in the the Temple up to the Nativity . In the subject of the Pre- sentation of the Virgin in the Temple are the two heads traditionally accepted as portraits of Gaddo Gaddi and Andrea Tafi ; they cannot , at any rate ...
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... various , and some of them very curious . The forms are all in rhyme , and do not display much of the genius of poetry ; they are usually made up of appeals to saints and apostles , with the occasional introduction of the Virgin Mary ...
... various , and some of them very curious . The forms are all in rhyme , and do not display much of the genius of poetry ; they are usually made up of appeals to saints and apostles , with the occasional introduction of the Virgin Mary ...
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... various as ever , and yet considerable progress has been made in the discovery of truth , which all parties are prepared to acknowledge . It has been established that poems ascribed to Ossian have been known and written down in the ...
... various as ever , and yet considerable progress has been made in the discovery of truth , which all parties are prepared to acknowledge . It has been established that poems ascribed to Ossian have been known and written down in the ...
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... various Greek and Roman writers . Virgil makes it the burial - place of Caieta the nurse of Eneas , while Strabo connects the name with a Laconian word signifying a cavern . In Cicero's time the harbour of Caieta was a portus ...
... various Greek and Roman writers . Virgil makes it the burial - place of Caieta the nurse of Eneas , while Strabo connects the name with a Laconian word signifying a cavern . In Cicero's time the harbour of Caieta was a portus ...
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... various treatises on Gaius , is given in the preface to Böcking's edition . The most complete English edition is that of Mr Poste , which includes beside the text an English translation and copious commentary . A comparison of the early ...
... various treatises on Gaius , is given in the preface to Böcking's edition . The most complete English edition is that of Mr Poste , which includes beside the text an English translation and copious commentary . A comparison of the early ...
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